furufnatt
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compoundoffura(“pine”)+fnatt(“conniption”).First attested in 1917[1]according to SAOB, but earlier examples are available under quotations.
Noun
[edit]furufnattc
- (dialect)Synonym ofekorre(“squirrel”).
- 1903,August Strindberg,“Gullhjälmarne i Ålleberg”, inSagor,page174:
- Då kom enfurufnattoch satte svansen i vädret:
— Låt bli mina nötter! sa ’ ekorrn.- Then came ascugand raised its tail:
— Leave my nuts alone! said the squirrel.
- Then came ascugand raised its tail:
- 1970,anonymous author, “Ilmarinens mandomsrön”, inBjörn Collinder,transl.,Kalevala,page143:
- […]skedens tänder knäppte kraftigt som en hackspett i en trädstam, bommen vände sig och vred sig som enfurufnatti skogen.
- […]the reed's teeth snapped strongly like a woodpecker in a tree trunk, the beater turned and twisted like asquirrelin the forest.
- 1975,Margit Friberg,Skog har öron mark har ögon,page 9:
- En liten kvickfurufnatt,som samlade och drog till huset, det liknade Mattis mest.
- A small, nimblesquirrel,gathering and heading to the house, that resembled Mattis the most.
- 2022November 5,Mitt i Södermalm,via Svenska Dagstidningsarkivet,page 2:
- […]besök av ett litetfurufnattpå sin balkong på sjätte våningen.
- […]visit from a smallsquirrelon their balcony on the sixth floor.
Declension
[edit]Declension offurufnatt
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | furufnatt | furufnatts |
definite | furufnatten | furufnattens | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
See also
[edit]- (faux Norwegian)tallefjant(“squirrel”)